Invisible auxiliary trousers and skirt belt



L. w. KENNY 2,896,220

INVISIBLE AUXILIARY TROUSERS AND SKIRT BELT July 2s, 1959 Filed Dec. 15. 1955 Y N RN OE l mw. W Mm 0W s u M Z B 3. w. A/f 3 #2 T ATTORNEYS United States ljatent INVISIBLE AUXILIARY TROUSERS AND SKIRT lBELT Leslie W. Kenny, Tomah, Wis.

Application December 1s, 1'9ss`,seria1No. 553,301

' 1V Claim. (ci. 2 319) This invention appertains to garment supports and more particularly to a novel device for effectively supporting mens trousers or womens skirts neatly around the Waist against slipping irrespective of the particular build of the person wearing the device.

Much difficulty is experienced by persons wearing skirts and shirts or trousers and shirts, in that the shirts tend to ride up, giving an untidy appearance, and in certain types of persons, usually slim persons and persons with a protruding abdomen, the skirts or trousers as the case may be, are difficult to support by an outside belt. In the warm months, when a coat is usually discarded, the use of Suspenders is considered in bad taste.

It is one of the primary objects of my invention to provide a belt adapted to be worn under the trousers or skirt having an inner friction surface to prevent slipping thereof with outwardly projecting protuberances at spaced points, so that the outer ornamental belt worn with the outer garment will rest on the protuberances or the folds of the outer garment formed by the protuberances, whereby downward slipping movement of the outer belt and outer garment and upward riding movement of the shirt will be effectively prevented.

Another salient object of my invention is to provide an invisible auxiliary trousers and skirt belt adjustable for different sized waists and having an elastic portion, whereby the belt will cling to the wearers waist with friction material (rubberized fabric) on a part of the inner face thereof to further aid against slipping with plates or pads on the outer surface of the belt to form protuberances under the trousers over which the outer ornamental belt can engage so that said outside belt will be prevented from downward slipping movement.

A further object of my invention is the provision of means whereby the supporting plates or pads can be quickly removed from the inside belt so as to facilitate the laundering of the belt.

A still further important object of my invention is to provide an inside belt of the above character, which is durable and efiicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placed upon the market at a reson-able cost.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel inside belt;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional View through the belt, the section being taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse, sectional View through the belt taken in the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking the direction of the arrows, the view also illustrating the position of an outside lgarment over the protuberances and an outside belt worn with the garment engaging over the protuberances.

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Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar designate corresponding parts" reference characters throughout the several views, the letter B generally indicates my novel inside belt and the same includes a main body' section 5 formed from a strip of flexible' material, such asv webbing, or the like. It is preferred, however, to form the strip 5 from materiall such as nylon, which can be readily laundered. One end of the strip 5 has connected therewith a resilient elastic strip 6 and this strip has incorporated therewith a buckle 7, whereby the length of the resilient elastic strip can be adjusted to permit the entire belt to be initially adjusted to the particular size of the waist of the wearer. The outer terminal of the strip 6 and the opposite end of the strip 5 are provided with mating buckle parts so as to permit the free connection and disconnection of the terminals of the belt. As illustrated, one end of the belt is provided with a headed stud 8 and the other end of the 'belt is provided with a loop 9 which receives said stud.

Also in accordance with my invention, I preferably line the front part of the belt and particularly that part which goes around the abdomen wit'h friction material 10, such as rubber or rubberized fabric.

Mounted on the outer face of the belt are outwardly projecting pads or plates 11 and these plates or pads are detachably secured to the 'belt for free removal in any desired way, such as by the ruse of snap fasteners 12. The plates or pads 11 are preferably of a considerably greater thickness than the belt proper, for a purpose, which will now appear. The pads or protuberances are formed from relatively stili but pliable material, such as leather or plastic, rubber or the like. In View of the fact that the pads or plates 11 are of pliable or bendable material, these pads will also conform to the configuration of the wearer when the belt is in position. Obviously, the belt pads can be quickly removed when the belt is laundered.

In use of my belt the same is placed around the wearers waist over the underwear, with the friction material extending around the abdomen and with the pads or plates 11 lying on each side of the abdomen. The connecting buckle parts 8 and 9 will be disposed at one side of the wearers waist. The outer dress shirt can now be drawn down over the belt, and the trousers, indicated by the reference character T are drawn up over the dress shirt and the belt B. The outer dress belt, indicated by the reference character 13, is placed through the loops 14 of the trousers T and is positioned above` the plates or pads 11. Upon the drawing of the outer belt 13 around the waist, the belt 13 will rest on the plates or pads 11 and consequently, the belt 13 and the trousers will be -held against downward slipping movement. In View of the fact that the dress shirt is also positioned over the pads or plates the same will be held in place against upward riding movement by the belt 13 folding the shirt over the pads or plates. Any downward movement of the inside belt B is prevented by the friction material 10.

If desired, the inside belt B can be worn over the dress shirt and under the trousers, in which case the inside belt will also tend to hold the shirt down.

While I have described the use of my Iinside belt when worn with trousers, it is to be understood that the same can be effectively used for supporting skirts.

Changes in `det-ails may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

An inside garment belt adapted to be worn under an outside garment and its supporting outside belt below said outside belt and in overlapping relationship therewith, comprising a flexible strip of washable material providing a top and bottom edge and inner and outer References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Davis Jan. 28, 1919 Ainsworth Apr. 6, 1920 Speirs Jan. 19, 1932 Blaser Mar. 24, 1936 Calnan Oct. 25, 1938 Weber Feb. 14, 1950 Leonard Dec. 2, 1952 Valentine et a1. July 6, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain of 1906 Great Britain of 1911 France Nov. 25, 1912 

